My vote goes to Antonioni's "The Passenger".
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jjsmith39 — 19 years ago(February 04, 2007 10:12 AM)
Frankly, I think a good Marx brother movie would be the perfect follow-up to bring the more cynical of us back from the brink of hopeless despair, but if the theme is to top "Seconds" then I would vote for the "Wall."
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CuredMeats — 19 years ago(March 29, 2007 05:27 PM)
There's a 1973 film called "Who?" that might have a vague similarity to Seconds.
Its about an American scientist who gets horribly burned while visiting the Soviet Union and the only way he can live is to wear a mask on his face, along with gloves on his hands which protects his body. Problem is, when he gets back to America nobody is quite sure he is who he claims he to be. Is he a spy pretending to be this scientist? They can't go back to the life he once had and his future is uncertain.
This has to be one of the most forgotten films ever. I watched it once on TV years ago and I remember it being a sad but pretty decent film.
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garp-26 — 18 years ago(July 05, 2007 05:24 PM)
"The Swimmer" is an obvious one, although I hadn't fully considered this until your post. It made me think of other mid-life crisis films such as Coppola's "The Rain People", Jack Lemmon in "Save the Tiger" or even Roger Moore in "The Man who Haunted Himself" with it's identity confusion, rebirth fantasy v. reality, and a clumsy sci-fi bolt on. Philosophically, "Peggy Sue Got Married" (if only), Rafelson's "The King of Marvin Gardens", even Brando in "Last Tango"(everyone should have the right to experience un-happiness) and Michael Reeves's "The Sorcerers" (the curse of the second chance); politically Orson Welles's "The Trial"(who are they?) and "The Parallax View" (is this the American dream?).
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Drewbacca — 18 years ago(December 15, 2007 04:25 PM)
Vanilla Sky or its original, Abre Los Ojos
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